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According to our trusted lawmakers in Washington DC Obamacare is good enough for the American people. But, it is certainly not good enough for them. United States Congress Members were to be insured through Obamacare per laws governing Obamacare.

Once those in Congress actually read what they had voted for it didn’t take long. Clearly Obamacare was not a program they wished to entrust with the health and well-being of their families. Hocus pocus, with the help of President Obama Federal funding magically appeared to pay for better health insurance for Congress members and their loved ones.

President Trump tweeted “If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!” Quite frankly it is about time for United States Congress Members to be governed by the same rules and regulations as the rest of us.

Time for Democrats and Republicans alike to repeal and replace Obamacare. How hard can it be? For all intents and purposes, Obamacare has repealed itself. All that is needed now is for Congress to vote “yes” to make it official. The replace part of the equation will then be a piece of cake. Provide the American people with the same insurance they provide for themselves at our expense.

Obamacare has repealed itself. Contrary to what our fearless Democratic leaders in Washington, DC would have us believe, people weren’t dying in the streets before Obamacare and won’t be after. Well, unless they were veterans. But, that is something to discuss another time.

Considering that Obamacare has more pages than the Bible is it any wonder that Nancy Pelosi instructed Democrats to vote for it without knowing the content. Congress didn’t have the time to actually read the bill. Let that be a lesson for the Republicans and Democrats alike. Know what you are saddling the American people with before making it law.

The best solution seems to be to blame President Trump for all our healthcare issues. He does have a lot of gall so it is no wonder that I had to have my gallbladder removed. So maybe that is not fair. He didn’t make me eat onions. The debate or lack thereof in Washington makes no more sense than my theory. Or does it?

When big business has much to win or lose depending on which way the wind blows you can bet they push hard to get what they want. When those same businesses donate big bucks to the coffers of US Congress Members’ campaigns one has to ask if there is not a conflict of interest somewhere.

Of course pre-existing conditions should be covered. But, at what cost? Necessary medical care should be available to all. Again, at what cost? Maybe Congress should forget about those lining their pockets. Instead they should focus on the job at hand entrusted to them by their constituents.

The problem isn’t who should pay for the care. The United States is a wealthy country. However, we do have our limits. When non-profit hospitals pay their top administration millions while suing poor people in small claims courts there is a problem. The cost of five gallbladder surgeries result in bills of five different amounts. Prescription medications cost enough to allow pharmaceutical companies to pay millions to lobbyists to strong-arm the politicians they contribute more millions to.

It is time for Congress to stop all the nonsense and get to work. Not one Democrat had the backbone to stand up to the powers at bee and vote yes to repeal Obamacare and discuss ways to fix the mess it has created.

The best way to provide affordable healthcare to all is to make actual healthcare affordable. Lining the pockets of those in the healthcare, pharmaceutical and medical industries only helps them at the expense of the United States’ taxpayers.

The main stream media fixated on Russia, Russia, Russia is desperately searching for one iota of proof to hang their hats on. Fiction or fact it is worth spending twenty-four hours a day talking about on the Fake News Networks. Citing imaginary friends as sources they declare President Trump spoke with President Putin in a “secret meeting” during a dinner party attended by twenty world leaders and their significant others in full view of them all. Oh my!

Back at the United States Congress there is nothing to report. Nothing ever gets done. Democrats derelict their duty daily. With no solutions for the problems this Nation faces, they spend what little time they are in Washington, DC complaining, lying, fear mongering and appointing a special counsel to conduct a witch hunt.

Big deal, the special counsel appointed was rejected by President Trump as the Director of the FBI the day before his appointment as special counsel. So what if said special counsel hired Hillary Clinton’s lawyer and big DNC contributors to investigate President Trump. Sounds fair.

Not long before leaker Comey was fired Democrats in Congress called for his head. However, when President Trump fired him the Democrats all but declared Comey a saint. Then the Democrats insinuated it was because Comey was investigating President Trump, which Comey stated under oath he was not. Clearly the FBI ceased to function the day Comey was fired. Wait, that was more fake news. It seems the professionals in the FBI never missed a beat.

Obamacare has repealed itself. Yet Democrats refuse to admit it at the same time whining that Republicans must fix it. One has to ask: If it isn’t broken why they want Republicans to fix it? Democratic Congress Members forsake their constituents daily to further their own self-serving agenda.

Then there are the Republicans. Running around in circles they get nowhere. At least they are trying, very trying. In defense of Republicans, Congress was never meant to run by consensus. We are a democracy after all. With Democrats to busy pulling sophomoric pranks to do their jobs, Republicans are forced to do just that.

Any hope of advancing the plight of the American People rests on the ability of Republican Congress Members to agree on something, anything. Compromising is something we learn as small children. Apparently Republicans have not retained those life lessons.

The resulting scene in Congress is one of madness, chaos and great confusion. It is a perfect example of bedlam. Where is the main stream media’s righteous indignation? If it does not support their “Trump evil” agenda they can’t cover it. To do so they would have to admit they have backed themselves into a corner with all their fictitious Trump hysteria.

Obamacare isn’t perfect Many people technically have coverage. However, their deductibles are so high that short of catastrophic illness nothing is actually covered, Providers are dropping out like flies. Mandatory coverage is not an option for many. Paying the penalty is more cost-effective than paying the escalating premiums.

In hindsight it is easy to see why Obamacare is in a death spiral. For starters, the Affordable Health Care for America Act is one thousand, nine hundred and ninety (1,990) pages long. My mother’s Bible is one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-three (1,853) pages. Deemed too long to read, Congress members relied on staff to review it.

The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi summed it up. “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.” Translated, Pelosi instructed the house to vote for a bill they hadn’t read, didn’t understand and hope for the best.

Like the Pied Piper, President Obama spoke and the democrats followed him blindly. On December 24, 2009 HR 3590 passed in the Senate with sixty (60) votes “for” cast by all democrats, thirty-nine (39) “against” and one (1) did not vote. On March 21, 2010 HR 3962 passed in the House. The breakdown there was two hundred and nineteen (219) “yea”s all from democrats and two hundred and twelve (212) “nay”s. Thirty-four (34) democrats were among the naysayers.

Fast forward to the present day and the fog has lifted. What was meant to provide affordable health care to the American people does not. The complexity of it makes it impossible to understand for most. Yet democrats continue to regurgitate the Party’s talking points of yesteryear.

Since March 23, 2010 the day that President Obama signed it into law republicans have shouted “Repeal and Replace”. But apparently it never occurred to them that in order to replace Obamacare republicans would need something to replace it with. Instead of learning from democrats’ mistakes, republicans duplicated them. Fortunately for the American people they failed at their attempt at more of the same.

In a perfect world we would all get what we want. Short of that we must compromise. Of course every American must have access to necessary healthcare. Unfortunately no healthcare plan alone can accomplish that. Health care is just one piece of the puzzle.

There will always be those less fortunate in society that require assistance. Put in whatever safeguards are necessary to insure that no one falls thru the cracks. Worry less about the cost and more about reducing the need for public assistance.

Stop dumping billions of Federal dollars into Ivey League schools that are swimming in cash. Give it to the state colleges instead. Make this the land of opportunity for all children. Give them the skills necessary to become productive members of society. Better jobs and tax cuts will make it easier for those struggling towards a goal of self-reliance.

In order to reduce the cost of any healthcare plan we must reduce the actual costs of healthcare. The pharmaceutical industry is fleecing the American public. Tax exempt hospitals pay their top management millions while their lawyers hound poor people in small claims courts. Four different patients can be charged four different amounts for the very same procedures.

Give all those bleeding heart liberals an opportunity to put their money where their mouth is. On Internal Revenue Service Tax Forms 1040 and 1120 right after “total taxes” add a line “voluntary contribution to the wonderful new healthcare reform”.

The donation could then be deducted from adjusted gross income on the following year’s return. For a taxpayer paying at a twenty percent (20%) tax rate eighty cents ($ .80) of every dollar ($1.00) donated would go to help fund health care. Don’t underestimate the gernerosity of the American people.

It is time those we have entrusted with running this country start earning those hard-earned tax dollars we pay them. They must put partican politics aside. Otherwise their lack of accomplishment makes Congress usless.

The United States Congress is a disgrace. It is time for all members do a little soul-searching.

Without enough votes to do things on their own Democrats have chosen to do nothing. Boycotts, sit-ins and color coding their attire are just a few examples of the nonsense they partake in.

Democrats scream Russia and President Trump are connected based on a comment made in jest during a nationally televised debate. Complaining the President is new to politics democrats dragged their feet using every dirty trick they could come up with to stall confirmations of the very Cabinet members a President must rely on. Democrats blatantly conspire to destroy the President with total disregard for the collateral damage their actions cause.

Democrats refuse to vote “yes” for Neil Gorsuch. Whether or not Merrik Garland should have been given a hearing is irrelevant. Two wrongs don’t make a right. Congress’ only job is to determine if a candidate is qualified for the position. Meanwhile the seat sits empty on the Supreme Court at the detriment of the American people.

A democratic Congress member declared with pride that she is “a nasty woman”. Is that the message we as a nation want to send to girls? Do we want them to grow up to be nasty women?

Every day democrats appear on television hysterically fear mongering. But, they have no solutions, plans or ideas for how to make the American people better off.

Republican Congress members have been handed an opportunity of a life time. The majority in Congress coupled with a Republican President the sky is the limit for what they could accomplish. Yet they don’t.

For eight years Republicans debated the best way to repeal and replace Obama Care. Yet when the opportunity presented itself they failed the American people. Self-indulgent members couldn’t stop bickering. Caucus groups within the Party demanded top priority. Patting each other on the back, they overlook their lack of accomplishment. Meanwhile nothing gets done.

Republicans run to the closest camera, push the democrat whining about President Trump out of the way to make their case. What they don’t do is discuss it amongst themselves. Each so closed-minded, they are not able to hear the other.

At this point in time Congress is like a clogged drain. Nothing gets passed. It is time for all those in Congress to remember that they are far less important than the office they hold. Democrats and Republicans alike have much to answer for.